There has been an increase in the number of UK university students disclosing mental health conditions in recent years. This dataset informed a paper that describes the evaluation of the Mind Tutor app, an artificial intelligence based wellbeing app specifically designed for first year undergraduate students, which included a chatbot function that guided students to relevant wellbeing content. The content of the app was developed based on data about mental health and wellbeing issues reported by students and focussed on anxiety, low mood, academic study, transition to university and relationships. Two randomised controlled evaluation studies were conducted with N = 177 and N = 240 first year undergraduate students from two UK universities (the second due to delays in development work and difficulties with recruitment in the first trial). The Mind Tutor had no significant impact on student wellbeing. The study suffered from poor recruitment and retention rates. However, further research is warranted to understand factors that may increase engagement and acceptability of app based tools to increase student wellbeing.
Permanent link to this resource: https://doi.org/10.24384/421a-7n16
Ehrlich, Christian (Oxford Brookes University ) Davies, Emma (Oxford Brookes University)
Project Leaders: Lennon, Oliver (Syndeo Ltd.)
Oxford Brookes Business SchoolDepartment of Psychology, Health and Professional Development
Year: 2023
Innovate UK (Crossref Funder: 10.13039/501100006041) : Innovate UK Smart Grants January 2021 (10003836)
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